Corporate APAC Desk briefs, Country radar notes and sector signals
Market fragmentation and trade defence deepen supply-chain regionalisation; decarbonisation depends on state support.
Big Pharma links localisation and innovation access to price predictability; interest in Chinese pipelines persists.
AI-demand supercycle, multi-year contracts, regionalisation; China builds a sovereign industry while Europe pivots to tech sovereignty.
Chinese car share in Europe >10%; Chery/BYD/SAIC/Geely build or buy capacity to bypass EU tariffs.
❗ IMPORTANT: FROM JULY 31 THE LIST OF GOODS FOR NAVIGATION SEALS IN THE EAEU IS EXPANDING The second stage of tracking transportation under the Agreement on Navigation Seals starts. From July 31, 2026, the requirements apply to new categories of goods. Stage I (from February 11) Automobiles are subject to tracking...
🌴 The creation of a new financial center in the Far East will be one of the key topics of discussion at EEF-2026. At the last forum, Vladimir Putin instructed the government, together with the Bank of Russia, to prepare proposals for the creation of a financial center in the Far East on the basis of the East...
🇰🇬 You know that Kyrgyzstan is becoming one of the popular destinations for Russian business. But the main question is: how to build logistics and make payments without failures? ⏱ On July 23 at 10:00 (Moscow time) at the REC webinar we will analyze practical solutions that are already working today. What will we discuss...
🇹🇿 On July 22 at 10:00 (Moscow time) REC will hold a webinar where we will tell you how to find your niche in this growing Tanzanian market and build an effective export route. Why now? 📈 Tanzania is one of the key markets in East Africa for Russian business. We are already in 2nd...
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Trade Representative of Russia in China spoke about the practical aspects of working in the Chinese market On July 9, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in China Alexey Dakhnovsky spoke at the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov with a lecture for representatives of the Russian bi...
Latin America, together with the Caribbean countries, can be perceived as a single macro-region with a population of over 650 million people and $15.3 trillion in GDP in 2024 (according to the World Bank). However, it is rather a patchwork quilt, both politically and e...
🤝 Bridge for regional business: CPE leaders and Russian trade representatives held large-scale negotiations 👆273 G2G meetings; 👆35 regions of the country; 👆35 sales representatives. And benefits for both parties: 📍trade representatives studied in detail the export potential of the con...
Despite sanctions pressure and foreign policy turbulence, Russia continues to systematically restructure the economy. 🌟 This was stated by the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin at the IV visiting session of the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum. He also emphasized that the national…
🫶 Roman Chekushov made a working trip to the Republic of Belarus Key points: ▶️ today there are 22 support programs in two countries that apply to both Russian and Belarusian manufacturers; ▶️ the bill on the “Russian regiment” should definitely be discussed...
⚡️Roman Chekushov took part in the “Russian Retail Week” State Secretary - Deputy Minister spoke at the plenary session “Consumer market: balance between the need for government regulation and business freedom” and the strategic session “Trade model - the image of the future...
Denis Manturov chaired a meeting of the State Commission on Combating Illegal Trafficking in Industrial Products 💼Meeting participants discussed the issue of control over the provision of notifications about the start of business activities, including in the field of public catering. "Many have...
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Labeling can make trade between Russia and China more transparent Traceability of goods and labeling can become a new tool of trust in mutual trade between Russia and China. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Ekaterina Priezzheva during the visit of the Russian delegation...
🇨🇳 The State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the Master Plan for the creation of the Chinese (Inner Mongolia) Experimental Free Trade Zone (EFTA). The document talks about the formation of a new institutional and logistics circuit in the northern direction, focused on cross-border...
📈 Development zones in China The high dynamics of China’s economic growth is largely due to the large-scale use of development zones (开发区) - territories with special tax, customs and administrative regimes, which have become an effective instrument of economic policy...
🇨🇳⚖From June 1, 2026, new rules for the protection of trade secrets will come into force in China. The State Administration for Market Supervision and Regulation (SAMR) of the People's Republic of China has published the Regulation on the Protection of Trade Secrets. The new regulatory act will replace the previously valid document...